Have one to sell? Sell yours here
 
 
The 48 Laws Of Power (A Joost Elffers production)
 
 
Share your own customer images
Search inside another edition of this book

The 48 Laws Of Power (A Joost Elffers production) (Hardcover)

by Robert Greene (Author)
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (34 customer reviews)

Available from these sellers.


9 used from £14.87
Other Editions: RRP: Our Price: Other Offers:
Hardcover 6 used & new from £32.95
Paperback (New Ed) £14.99 £8.99 30 used & new from £7.56
Audio CD (Abridged,Audiobook) £22.08 £19.87 5 used & new from £19.87
Unknown Binding Order it used

Customers Viewing This Page May Be Interested in These Sponsored Links

  (What is this?)
   48 Laws of Power opens new browser window
www.bizsum.com/48lawsofpower  -  Robert Greene & Joost Elffers Free Book Summary Preview 
   The 48 Laws Of Power opens new browser window
www.Ask.com  -  Find the Best Results for The 48 Laws Of Power! 
  
 

Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought

The Art Of Seduction

The Art Of Seduction

by Robert Greene
3.6 out of 5 stars (16)  £8.47
The 33 Strategies of War

The 33 Strategies of War

by Robert Greene
4.6 out of 5 stars (9)  £8.96
The 50th Law

The 50th Law

by Robert Greene
4.0 out of 5 stars (7)  £8.97
The Art of War

The Art of War

by Sun Tzu
3.5 out of 5 stars (15)  £3.00
The Concise Art of Seduction

The Concise Art of Seduction

by Robert Greene
5.0 out of 5 stars (3)  £4.24
› Explore similar items

Product details

  • Hardcover: 480 pages
  • Publisher: Profile Books (10 Dec 1998)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1861971346
  • ISBN-13: 978-1861971340
  • Product Dimensions: 24.4 x 18 x 3.7 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (34 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 241,216 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

    •  Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?

Product Description

Amazon.co.uk Review

"Learning the game of power requires a certain way of looking at the world, a shifting of perspective," writes Robert Greene. Mastery of one's emotions, and the arts of deception and indirection are, he goes on to assert, essential. The 48 laws outlined in this book "have a simple premise: certain actions always increase one's power ... while others decrease it and even ruin us."

The laws cull their principles from many great schemers--and scheming instructors-- throughout history, from Sun-Tzu to Talleyrand; from Casanova to con man Yellow Kid Weil. They are straightforward in their amoral simplicity: "Get others to do the work for you, but always take the credit," or: "Discover each man's thumbscrew." Each chapter provides examples of the consequences of observance or transgression of the law, along with "keys to power," potential "reversals" (where the converse of the law might also be useful), and a single paragraph cleverly laid out to suggest an image (such as the aforementioned thumbscrew); the margins are filled with illustrative quotations. Practitioners of one-upmanship have been given a new, comprehensive training manual, as up-to-date as it is timeless.



Sunday Times Magazine

'Invaluable manual on the use and abuse of power... indispensable and often-cited influence on many of America's most successful rappers' --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
See all Product Description
Inside This Book (Learn More)
Browse and search another edition of this book.
Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
Search inside this book:

Suggested Tags from Similar Products

 (What's this?)
Be the first one to add a relevant tag (keyword that's strongly related to this product)
 
(7)
(3)
(6)
(4)
(2)
(4)
(5)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)

Your tags: Add your first tag
 
See most popular tags

What Do Customers Ultimately Buy After Viewing This Item?

The 48 Laws Of Power (A Joost Elffers production)
76% buy the item featured on this page:
The 48 Laws Of Power (A Joost Elffers production) 4.3 out of 5 stars (34)
The Concise 48 Laws Of Power
10% buy
The Concise 48 Laws Of Power 4.9 out of 5 stars (11)
£4.37
The 50th Law
9% buy
The 50th Law 4.0 out of 5 stars (7)
£8.97
The Concise Art of Seduction
3% buy
The Concise Art of Seduction 5.0 out of 5 stars (3)
£4.24
Explore similar items
 

Customer Reviews

34 Reviews
5 star:
 (17)
4 star:
 (12)
3 star:
 (4)
2 star:    (0)
1 star:
 (1)
 
 
 
 
 
Average Customer Review
4.3 out of 5 stars (34 customer reviews)
 
 
 
 
Share your thoughts with other customers:
Most Helpful Customer Reviews

 
28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Learn effective alternatives to being always 'nice'., 20 Nov 2001
By A Customer
This review is from: The 48 Laws of Power (Paperback)
I was brought up, probably like most people, that the right way to treat people is to be nice and pleasant to everyone at all times. Unfortunately, not everyone you come into contact with has similar views.
All too frequently, I have been subjected to behaviour and attitudes from some others that I have not understood or what motivates them. In short, I was naive in some aspects of the way of the world and resulting in my being ineffective far too often for my own good.
Whilst it is good to learn from your mistakes, too often have I made the same mistake again and again.
Life is too short and too complex to learn everything about human interactions, but this is the best book by far that I have read to help 'nice' people to get switched on to the less wholesome aspects of some human behaviour.
I have made the mistake of trying to improve my interactions with people by reading books of a spiritual nature of which there are many.
Whilst I have learnt much from them I have had to accept that I have been laughed at by the more basic and worldly-wise people with whom I have come into contact.
In my opinion, I have 'got wise' many times quicker after reding this book a couple of times than I have done during 20 years of reading the spiritual books. Sad, but true.
Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)



 
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Power in history, 8 Nov 2005
By Mme Sarah Moukoko "- Hague" (Montpellier, France) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   
This review is from: The 48 Laws Of Power (A Joost Elffers Production) (Paperback)
What is so attractive about this book is the historical examples of each law. The author has not written a self-help manual full of mumbo jumbo, jargon or modern woolly ideas; he has gone through history to demonstrate just how successful power strategies can be, and how people have been engaging in the pursuit of power for centuries. Both the Athenians and the Chinese were past masters at it thousands of years ago.

To balance the successful use of the laws, he also cites examples where the law was not observed, to disasterous results. The main message of the book is that to obtain power you need a plan. Power doesn't just fall into your lap. You need a strategy, a plan of action, patience and lots of nerve.

Oh, and often, a little luck goes a long way, too.

Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)



 
18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic for it's purpose, 18 Feb 2007
By David Askew - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   
This review is from: The 48 Laws of Power (Paperback)
I can't really fault the book at all.

Robert Greene has established 48 laws of power, and they are all very interesting, powerful and fact based. Throughout the book I feel as if Robert knows completely what he's saying and he's done acres of research.

This book however, is to be taken very carefully. It doesn't seem as if he has written the book to any moral guidelines. If books can have age restrictions on a person buying them, I would definately give this one an 18. I could definately see someone young, greedy or just suggestable obsessing over the book and becoming a pretty immoral person. I believe it takes a certain level of maturity and moral understanding to be aquired in order to not abuse information in the book.

The 48 laws of power, generally focuses around methods you can use and themes you can engrain into your personality, in order to get things. Whilst the book is absolutely brilliant at delivering this, the fact is that if everyone applied all the laws to themselves (or even just a handful), the world would be almost at a standstill... as an example one of the rules is to "Get others to do work for you but always take the credit" - is this really a mode people should follow for the good of the world? If everyone was doing that, there would be no work to take credit for and economies would halt. Imagine a planet full of conmen, what a great place to live that would be... hmmm... not.

Robert Green indicates some key resources he's used and one to mention is the famous "The art of war by sun tzu" - I believe Robert is extremely interested in books like these and he's only gone and made pretty much, a brilliant book himself.

It's a very good buy, for it's purpose. But can you really find true happiness by being powerful? Well, I'll leave that question for you to perhaps answer, but for me, without any doubt at all, the 48 laws of power is an incredible buy.

I hope my opinion has been helpful to you.
Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)


Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
 
 
 
Most Recent Customer Reviews

1.0 out of 5 stars historically inaccurate


ok in parts but mostly obvious

many many historical inacuracies (look up them up to check!!)
Published 22 days ago by Dr. P. Torr

5.0 out of 5 stars A must read - life's own survival manual!
I thoroughly enjoyed this book.

Having been, like so many in the West, brought up with the idea that we live in a fair, equitable social order, I was often puzzled... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Book Maven

3.0 out of 5 stars Insightfull but repetitive
I find this book both interesting and (at times)dull, maybe its just because I am attempting to read all the way through like a book. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Travel Buddy

5.0 out of 5 stars Inspirational and profound.
A great book. Read it cover to cover or dip into the points most relevant to you.

This book has changed the way i think. Read more
Published 8 months ago by William Eggleston

5.0 out of 5 stars MAKES YOU SMART
by reading this book, i am a changed person because the things it tells you in this book was fantastic
Published 8 months ago by Jalal Safdar

4.0 out of 5 stars Deep and thought provoking read
This book is a very deep and insightful journey into the human mind. Gets you thinking about the laws and if you already use them in your daily routines. Recommended
Published 9 months ago by R. Brown

4.0 out of 5 stars Insightful and inspiring
This book is a mixture of self help, historical analysis, board room tactics and life coaching. I found it very readable and very applicable to life- no matter what your... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Anon

4.0 out of 5 stars 48 laws...
Very interesting read. To put it simply it is a book with 48 laws on how to obtain power based on historical facts for each law on how people used that specific law to gain... Read more
Published 13 months ago by bookreader

4.0 out of 5 stars Live by the sword die by the sword
Law 49, actually Law number 1, is the first rule of Fight Club. Thus we have the true meaning behind "Demonstrate don't explicate". Read more
Published 15 months ago by I. P. Gearing

5.0 out of 5 stars Power Games Machiavellian style
This book is focused predominantly on Machiavellian strategies of power. As such, it is a very interesting read. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Laura De Giorgio

Only search this product's reviews


Customer Discussions

This product's forum
Discussion Replies Latest Post
No discussions yet

Ask questions, Share opinions, Gain insight
Start a new discussion
Topic:
First post:
Prompts for sign-in
 


Active discussions in related forums
   
Related forums

Listmania!

Create a Listmania! list

Look for similar items by category

Look for similar items by subject










i.e., each product must be in subject 1 AND subject 2 AND ...

Feedback

Ad

Your Recent History

 (What's this?)

After viewing product detail pages or search results, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in.